Macallan 1963 CA Dumpy Bottle
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Macallan |
| Bottler | Cadenhead's (CA) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1963 |
| Bottled Year | 1984 |
| Age | 24년 |
| Cask Type | - |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 46.0% |
| Volume | 750 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Speyside |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
스페이 강이 굽이치는 스페이사이드의 온화한 풍토가 이 매캘란에 깃들어 있다. 1963년 증류해 24년을 채운 시간 위로 맑은 호박빛이 잔 안쪽을 감돈다. 향에서는 잘 익은 자두와 오래된 가죽, 옅은 꿀이 차례로 올라온다. 한 모금에는 마른 과일과 호두의 고소함이 46도의 단정한 무게로 입안을 감싸며 셰리 계열 특유의 묵직한 단맛이 천천히 번진다. 여운에는 가벼운 향신료와 오크의 떫은 기운이 길게 남아 오랜 숙성의 흔적을 또렷이 드러낸다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
gold (less sherry, if any!)
air Nose
strange, very strange. I don’t think I’ve ever encountered such a ‘blend’ of Swiss cheese with putty/paraffin and Chartreuse or other complex herbal liqueurs (Bénédictine?) As usual, it’s always very hard to guess what was there in the first place and what came from bottle ageing (the bottle was opened in May, so that’s thirty years in glass, more or less) but it’s all very mysterious. It’s even got an absinthy side, serious. So wormwood, aniseed, menthol, thyme/thymol… It’s a stunning nose I have to say, but it’s also scary because many old whiskies that display a lot of mint/herbs on the nose can be completely ‘out’ on the palate, IMHO. Let’s see…
restaurant Palate
well if this is sherry it’s second or third fill. It’s ‘stunning’ whisky because for once, old Macallan’s distillate can talk freely. It’s actually quite ‘old Highlands’, closer to say Clynelish or Pulteney than to any contemporary Speysider (including Macallan), and it’s actually very waxy, phenolic, resinous in a way, so sappy, inky, sooty… But is all that really enjoyable? Maybe not that much, actually, because beyond any historical interest, it’s also rather acrid, astringent spirit. Raw and rough, if you will, and in that sense rather un-Macallan. In truth, what I was fearing when nosing it does kind of happen, it’s very astringent whisky
timer Finish
long, acrid, very green and very drying. Cardboardy and soapy aftertaste